UK flooding - in pictures

Heavy rain has caused destruction and flooding in southern England and is now heading to the north of England and Wales
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UK flooding - in pictures

Heavy rain has caused destruction and flooding in southern England and is now heading to the north of England and Wales
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sdhaddow has been out taking photographs of flooding at Christ Church Meadow, Oxford. The meadow is bounded by the River Thames and the River Cherwell. Photograph: sdhaddow/Flickr

sdhaddow also captured this image of someone making the best of the flooding while kayaking on the Magdalen College playing fields after it was flooded by the river Cherwell. Photograph: sdhaddow/Flickr

5.28pm GMT

People walk across flooded fields near North Curry, Somerset. Photograph: Tim Ireland/PA

The going is soft at Stratford-upon-Avon racecourse as the track is totally flooded in this photograph from
benjinat17. Photograph: benjinat17/Flickr

5.00pm GMT

The sun begins to set as a Land Rover rescues a group of disabled adults, cut off by floodwater at their workshops at Newby Hall, Ripon, North Yorkshire. Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

4.56pm GMT

General view of a flooded allotment on the outskirts of Oxford. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA

4.52pm GMT

The sign says it all. A car makes its way through flood water from the River Trent in Willington. Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters

4.46pm GMT

Residents speak outside a flooded house, close to the River Trent in Willington. Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters

4.28pm GMT

They are prepared for the worst in Bewdley, Worcestershire as their flood defences are secured in place. Photograph: David Jones/PA

4.17pm GMT

Vehicles attempt to traverse floodwater on a diversion route at Bishop Monkton near Ripon, North Yorkshire. Drivers were diverted down the minor lanes after police closed the main A61 trunk road. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

3.57pm GMT

Rubble from the last flood stands piled outside houses in Gilling West near Richmond, north Yorkshire as residents pile up sandbags to try and prevent a repeat of the damage as floodwaters rise in the village today. Photograph: John Giles/PA

3.44pm GMT

Schoolchildren trudge through floodwaters as they make their way past a tractor down a flooded street in Northallerton, North Yorkshire. Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe/PA

3.34pm GMT

A damp day for Stewart Barber as he walks through flood water near his home in Northallerton, North Yorkshire as the heavy rain spread north. Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe/PA

3.31pm GMT

A horse grazes surrounded by flood waters from the River Soar in Barrow Upon Soar. Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters

3.26pm GMT

A white van is left abandoned on a country lane as flood waters from the River Nene close a road in Ringstead, Northamptonshire. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA

3.23pm GMT

A view of the River Trent at Rolleston, Burton-on-Trent in Staffordshire, after bursting its banks following heavy rain. Photograph: Neil Squires/PA

3.18pm GMT

Park land is left flooded as the River Great Ouse breaks its banks in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA

3.05pm GMT

Firefighters prepare to pump water away from a beck behind the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton, North Yorkshire as the heavy rain continues across the UK. Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe/PA

3.03pm GMT

There will be no racing today as heavy rain has left the fens flooded after the River Ouse burst its banks around Huntingdon Racecourse, Cambridgeshire. Photograph: SWNS.com

Firefighters from Wiltshire fire service use an Aquavac to help clear homes in Malmesbury after they were flooded over the weekend.

Photographs: Tim Ireland/PA

1.14pm GMT

A good days for hippos: Head groundsman Ian Ward wades through floodwater on the track following torrential rain at Wetherby Racecourse, Yorkshire. Photograph: John Giles/PA

Updated at 1.17pm GMT

1.08pm GMT

The dramatic moments when David and his son Cameron drove their Landrover into the flood to rescue a pensioner after spotting the elderly man floating down the swollen river in his car. The man was wet and shaken but otherwise unhurt.

Photographs: Cameron Dunn/SWNS.com

Updated at 1.08pm GMT

12.59pm GMT

A road is completely submerged near East Lyng, Somerset.

As man tests the depth. Photographs: SWNS.com

Updated at 1.01pm GMT

12.46pm GMT

Oliver Smith clears his mother's home in Malmesbury after it was flooded over the weekend. Britain's beleaguered towns and villages were dealt a further blow today as more rain battered the country and 200,000 householders were warned they could lose their home insurance policies. Photograph: Tim Ireland/PA

12.36pm GMT

@Paulallenmorris has sent us this picture via Twitter (#Novflooding) of a flooded Rugby pitch on the borders of Somerset and Wiltshire. Photograph: @PaulallenMorris/Twitter

Updated at 12.37pm GMT

12.14pm GMT

The residents of Worle in Somerset after suffering after flash floods overnight. Firefighters install water pumps to try save houses from floodwaters

Firefighters walk through floodwater. Photographs: SWNS.com

11.58am GMT

The bad weather is heading northwards so residents in Catterick, North Yorkshire prepare to defend their homes with sandbags. Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe/PA

11.36am GMT

Verdelite has shared this photograph of the flooded river Avon from Ferry Landing. He tells us 'the river as of Sunday evening is still rising and it's still raining. Beautiful but threatening'. Photograph: Verdelite/Flickr

11.32am GMT

A highways agency worker barriers off the road outside the White Bear Pub in Tewkesbury to stop motorists driving through flood water and flooding the pub further.

And this why. David Boazman throws water out of the bar window of his flooded pub.

Hope the beer is safe. Photographs: David Davies/PA

Updated at 11.33am GMT

11.25am GMT

Avtost has shared this dramatic photograph with us of the road from Lacock to Sandy Lane, Wiltshire. Photograph: Avtost/Flickr

Updated at 11.26am GMT

11.14am GMT

The River Nene at Peterborough, Cambridgeshire has now burst its banks, but that doesn't stop this cyclist getting through with his German shepherd dog. Photograph: Paul Marriott/Paul Marriott Photography

11.09am GMT

David Boazman, landlord of the White Bear Pub in Tewkesbury looks out of the window as he pumps water from the pub. Photograph: David Davies/PA

10.59am GMT

A Highways Agency employee works to unblock a drain on a flooded road outside Plymouth. Photograph: Alastair Grant/AP

10.58am GMT

Flooding creates an opportunity for some: Tim New makes use of the flooded Rugby pitch in Rugby, Warwickshire. There are more than 200 flood warnings in place across the country. Photograph: Caters News Agency

10.52am GMT

Unlucky Tewkesbury is up to its knees in it again. A man speaks with a passing woman as he stands in floodwaters in Tewkesbury town centre. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

10.51am GMT

Flood water continues to block the main road through the centre of the village of Ruishton, near Taunton. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

10.49am GMT

Flooding in Glastonbury in an image that looks more like a painting than a photograph. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

10.47am GMT

Flood water can be seen in fields surrounding the Glastonbury Tor on the Somerset Levels. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images